title: Tracheal metastasis from melanoma detected with 18F-FDG PET/CT.
abstract: A 58-year-old man with a history of stage IIIB melanoma of the right arm initially treated 4 years prior presented with new onset cough and hemoptysis. Bronchial washings were positive for melanoma. The PET/CT study showed a hypermetabolic nodule in the posterior mid-trachea. These findings indicate metastatic melanoma to the trachea. No other metastatic foci were evident. This allowed for endoscopic laser ablation of the metastatic focus.
authors.affiliation: From the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
authors.forename: Trent
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: Sword
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cambron
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seltzer
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011859:Radiography; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18